Where does “buah keras” come from?
buah keras (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buah, from Malay buah, from Malay nona, from Portuguese dona, from Old Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
buah keras (Indonesian): a fruit with a hard shell or rind; a nux
Definitions
- a fruit with a hard shell or rind; a nux
Ancestry of “buah keras”, step by step
buah keras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian buah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | buah | fruit |
| 2 | Malay | buah | fruit |
| 3 | Malay | nona | miss, lady (young unmarried woman) |
| 4 | Portuguese | dona | female equivalent of dono; A title of address to... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | dona | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |